Just a heads up about a new filter at Autozone. The STP Max life oil filter is rated for 15k miles. It is $11.99 regular everyday price. It is $3 more than the Fram Ultra. If it is included in a oil/filter sale there at the right price then it would at least come out about equal with Wally world. Aka around $32-34 dollars. $24.97 for the 5 qt container of oil from Wally world and a $8.97 Fram Ultra.

Now, for those who loaded up on Fram TGs or Bosch distance filters at $3 or even $1.50 a piece and got say close out Havoline for $10 for a five qt container then I'd say nothing hardly beats that.

Early reports are that these filters will come from the Purolator branch of Mann & Hummel.

The early reports are correct. Puro date code on the dome with louvered center tube and say 'full synthetic' on the box. My speculation, a Puro PSL Synthetic clone. Not many applications at this point, but some common ones. Saw 3614, 6607 but no 7317. The STP blue and STP XL have no 7317 application.

That said, regular price seems comparatively high. As noted, perhaps if part of an AZ oil/filter promo could be ok. But I rarely see one for my applications that beats separate oil purchase with rebate or not and separate oil filter.

And the STP blue are still the old fram filtration (fram/champ) filters, some ecore, with manufacture dates into late July. So no change on those in this area.

Whatever the current Puro PSL prefix synthetic filter is, I'd speculate that's what the Max is. Thought perhaps they had taken the place of the Bosch Premium, but they had just been moved to a lower than eye level shelf. The BP shelf space footprint seems to have shrunk though.